Subject: reporting a bug!

From: Chandra Joy Harris <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:01:06 -0700 (MST)

Pine Development Team,
I have had a problem saving this version of Pine for some time now! No
matter what I do the program refuses to install itself and here's what it
says:[Error saving configuration in file "/home/usr6/cjh5/.pinerc": Disc
quota exceeded]. Also, it pops up little messages such as:[No room for
file: Disc quota exceeded]. The problem is that in order to save disc
space I should be able to delete old saved messages and start new files
for the newer one, but it will not let me do that either. So I am left
writing this message to you for help. If anything, please reply and give
me some suggestions. Thank you!   

Yours,

Frustrated NAU student

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:59:12 +0100 (CET)

On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Chandra Joy Harris wrote:

  >Subject: reporting a bug!
			^^^
			Nope >;->

  >file: Disc quota exceeded]. 

You're running a kernel with quota utilities. (Well, probably not you but
your ISP, but nevermind) 

  >The problem is that in order to save disc
  >for the newer one, but it will not let me do that either.

Ok, here's what to do (preferably in that order;-))
	1. You might also check if you're able to make/delete a file in the
	   appropriate place for your mail. If not, 
	2. Check the permissions in your home file or whatever
	   /home/usr6/cjh5/ is by means of the ls command:
	   ls -alF (or -al) <filename>
	   You ought to have write permission there.
	3. Check the permissions in your Mail-dir. If it's not ~/Mail, you
	   have a problem, because you'll have to
	4. Talk to your SysAdmin.

If 1. and 2. are true, you need to change the write permissions:
chmod u+w (or rw if you like) <filename>
should do the trick.

If you're working on your own computer, get rid of quota, because you don't
need it.

  >Frustrated NAU student
   ^^^^^^^^^^
   If that small problem is getting you frustrated, you'd rather not mess
   with _real_ problems >;->

Cheers,
Robin

LinuX-ridden PS student *grin*

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: 28 Jan 1997 00:28:46 GMT

[email-masked] (Chandra Joy Harris):
> No matter what I do the program refuses to install itself

Pine refuses to "install itself"?  Since when does Pine do that?
Or do you mean "start up"?

> and here's what it says:  [Error saving configuration in file
> "/home/usr6/cjh5/.pinerc": Disc quota exceeded].

Well, the disk is full.  Remove data!
Or pat your admin to install a new disk for you.
Whatever.

> Also, it pops up messages such as:[No room for file: Disc quota exceeded].

Same error as before.  Same hints.  ;-)

> The problem is that in order to save disc space I should be able to delete
> old saved messages and start new files for the newer one, but it will not
> let me do that either.

It?  Who won't let you delete data?  Pine?  The computer?  Admin?

Can't you just use "rm file" to delete some data?
You can do this before you start Pine, you know..

Sven